REGIME CHANGE PROGRESSING: Changes in Myanmar’s tax regime continued to make progress in FY 2015/16 and 2016/17. Of all these changes, the new Special Goods Tax Law (SGTL), which was promulgated on January 18, 2016, is the most remarkable. Now the SGTL will regulate taxation on 16 items termed “...
Myanmar’s Internal Revenue Department (IRD) has begun the journey towards a self-assessment tax system. First opened was a Large Taxpayers’ Office and later, to accommodate smaller taxpayers, Medium Taxpayers’ Offices (MTOs) 1, 2 and 3, and a Small Taxpayers’ Office were also opened to cope with the growing need of this group.
This chapter examines Myanmar’s tax regime, focusing on the newly passed Special Goods Tax Law, rules and penalties for concealment of income, regulations for industrial and special zones, the Myanmar Investment Law set to reshape the market and a summary of accounting standards and practices. It also contains a viewpoint from U Win Thin, Chairman, Win Consulting.
Myanmar today is a country undergoing rapid change, and there is a solid determination among its people and leaders alike to help their country establish an important place at the global political and economic table.
The key message for manufacturing companies that are still encouraged by incentives is that the 2016 Finance Act has not significantly changed the Direct Taxes Code or the Code of Taxes on Sales despite the continuing fall of oil prices.
In the current context – with fiscal resources having dropped significantly as a result of the substantial recent decline in hydrocarbons tax revenues – it seems that additional government income will not be raised at the expense of the profitability of companies via an increase in corporate income tax. The solutions for enhancing tax revenues...
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